FLOODS AND SLIPS
MAIN TRUNK EXPRESSES DELAYED. Heavy floods in the King Country delayed the Main Trunk expresses yesterday. The south-bound train did not get away from Tauniarumii till 7.80 a.m ; , five and three-quarter hours behind time. It reached Wellington shortly after 6 p.m., arriving soon after the Napier express. By TelceraDh—Press Association Auckland, June 24. Owing to a slip on the railway line near Ruurimu, the Main Trunk express from Wellington, which' was due early this morning, was delayed for eight hours and ('.id not arrivo at Auckland until shortly after three o'clock this afternoon. SLIPS NEAR TE KUITI. Te Kuiti, June 24. Very heavy rain caused slips along 1 the route of tho borough water supply, and the main carried away at one place. It is hoped to restore the supply.tomorrow.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7
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